The Missaukee County Sheriff’s Of­fice reported June 30 that a tractor trailer accident claimed the life of an 84-year- old man. According to a press release is­sued by the sheriff’s office, Missaukee County 911 received a call at 4 More...

Specializing in indoor gardening and greehouse supplies, Manager Gary King said that the recently opened Joe’s Hydro strives to pro­vide customers with a wide selection of products at “affordable prices.” Some of the products the st More...

I very much enjoyed the article on Wooded Acres Campground that has been owned and operated by the Dietzel family for over 20 years (”Dietzels cel­ebrate 20 years at Wooded Acres Family Campground,” Resorter, June 30). More...

Mike Chires (center), owner of Black Diamond Broadcast Holding, which includes radio stations 98.5 WUPS and 92.1 The Twister, was re­cently inducted as a member of the Rotary Club of Houghton Lake. More...

Recall petition language will be reviewed for clarity this week on three members of the Houghton Lake Community Schools Board of Education. A special meeting of the Roscom­mon County Election Commission will be held July 8 at 10 a.m. More...

Vijay Kumar of West Branch, a Republican candidate for state representative in Michigan’s 103rd District, was arraigned June 30 in 82nd District Court, West Branch, on three counts of health care fraud, one count of Medicaid fraud and four coun More...

The Houghton Lake Men’s Slo-pitch Softball League’s top three teams held their positions on Independence Day, each scoring a win. Limberlost remained on top, pushing their record to 9-0 with a 29-9 win over Dealz on Wheelz. More...

The 13th annual Houghton Lake Bobcat Boosters golf outing will take place Sunday, July 10, at White Deer Country Club, Prudenville. The 4-person scramble will begin at 10 a.m. and costs $50 a person or $200 per team. More...

This year’s State of the First Amendment national survey (SOFA), conducted in partnership with USA TODAY, does more than just sample our attitudes about those five core freedoms – it also may show just how those freedoms can work. More...

The Food and Drug Adminis­tration has unveiled new guide­lines to reduce salt in restaurant and packaged food by one-third of what is in our prepared food. The reasoning behind this is to reduce heart attacks and strokes. More...